Perrine

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Perrine (disambiguation) .

Perrine ( Japanese ペ リ ー ヌ 物語 , Perīnu monogatari , literally: story about Perrine ) is an anime television series based on the novel En Famille by the French writer Hector Malot . As part of the World Masterpiece Theater series by the animation studio Nippon Animation , the series was released in 1978 in Japan and was later marketed internationally.

The story takes place in the 19th century at the time of the Industrial Revolution in France.

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After her father dies in Bosnia, the girl Perrine lives with her mother in a wagon pulled by a donkey. The two are poor. Accompanied by their dog, Baron, they want to go to the city of Maraucourt (France) to find Perrine's paternal grandfather, a factory owner. He thinks nothing of his daughter-in-law, Perrine's mother, because she is not French, but (half) Indian. He cut off all contact with the family.

On the trip, the mother falls ill and dies in Paris. The girl has to make the rest of the journey alone and sells the donkey during this. When Perrine arrives at her destination, she does not reveal herself as her grandfather continues to despise Perrine and her mother. She takes a job as a translator in the factory of her now blind grandfather. Despite his dislike of his daughter-in-law's Indian roots, the grandfather lets his son-in-law be looked for because he is already old and wants to hand over the factory to his son. Through this research he learns of the death of his son and his wife. It turns out that the translator is his granddaughter.

At the end of the story, the grandfather has an operation to regain his eyesight and see his granddaughter.

Origin and publications

Nippon Animation produced 53 episodes of 25 minutes each. Directed by Shigeo Koshi . In the first 29 episodes, Hiroshi Saitō was at his side. Saitō was also responsible for the storyboard of the anime together with others , while Shūichi Seki designed the character design. Kumiko Ōsugi sang the theme song Perrine Monogatari and the credits Kimagure Baron .

The 53 episodes ran from January 1 to December 31, 1978 on Fuji TV for the first time on Japanese television. Like most World Masterpiece Theater series, the series was very popular in Japan. It has been released on VHS and DVD.

The series also appeared in Spanish, Italian and German dubbing. The German version ran for the first time from January 1 to February 21, 1985 on Sat.1 . This only consists of 52 episodes instead of 53 as in the Japanese original. Episodes 40, 41 and 42 were cut into two episodes in the German version. In the same year it also ran in Austria. The title song of the German version was sung by Katja Ebstein .

KSM Anime licensed the series to be released on DVD in 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Perrine at Fernsehserien.de, accessed on October 11, 2018.
2. ↑ KSM acquires further home entertainment rights from EM.Entertainment. (No longer available online.) March 12, 2008, archived from the original on March 22, 2008 ; Retrieved August 8, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Information from Nippon Animation on Perrine (Japanese)
• Data series at Anime News Network (English)
• Perrine in the Internet Movie Database (English)